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- Jan. 27, 1931. AICONGELLIERV VALVE STRUCTURE Filed April 5. 1929 Patented Jan. 27 19 31 7 i i V. "I I errata-res ear ries Anrii'onr GONGELEIER, on t'rrtwannnn, Wisconsin 'VALVE s'rnnornnn Application filed April 5, 1929. Serial No. 352,654.

This invention relates to new and useful and the auxiliary cylinders 2, arranged beimprovements in valve structures. a tween theauxiliary cylinders and the main One ofthe objects of my invention is-th cylinders is the valve chamber in whichis provision of an improved valve structure located afsleeve 3, one end of this sleeve being adapted to be used in connection with interclosed by means of a removable cap plate 4 nal combustion engines and is particularly threaded into the interior of the sleeve 3.' adapted for use in an engine of the type illus- The plate 4- is provided with an oil feed contrated in Patent No. 1,59%,664 which .was nection 5 leading to the interior of the granted to me August 3, 1926. The type of sleeve 3.

valve necessary in an engine of this character Arranged within the sleeve-3 and disposed to is such that the valve member must be tightly between the cylinders 1 and 2 are the valve retained in'its seat at all times to prevent blocks 6, said valve blocks being provided leakage other than through the proper paswith oppositely disposed openin s 7 adapted sageway for the fuel infeeding the fuel to to provide communication between the cylin- 15 the cylinder. ders 1 and 2 through the transverse passages 8 A further object of my invention is the formed in the tapering rotary'valve memprovision of a valve for internal combustion bers 9. engines wherein the valves are of the rotary Thevalve bloclzsG are provided with conitype and are retained in a tightly seated posical seats in which the substantially conical 20 tion at all-times and wherein means is provalve members 9 are arranged and these valve 78 vided to compensate for the wear of the'valve members 9 are normally maintained in a and its seat so as to eliminate any looseness tightly seated position by means of thrust between the valveand its seat which might bearings which bear against the large'end of occur through constant wear; the valves. The end of the sleeve 3 opposite A further object of my invention is the the plate lis closed by means of a bearing 5 provision ofavalve of the above type wherein block 10 threaded into the interior? of the the parts are so constructed and arranged. sl eve 3 and within the sleeve 3 adjacent the that they may be quickly. and readily disasblock 10 is a cup member 11 adapted to resembled or assembled and if it is necessary ceive a coil spring 12 which bears against 3 to replace any new parts, the parts of the the thrust bearing 13 for retaining onset the valve are constructed in a manner whereby valve members in its seated position. they can be easily replaced at a very small This thrust bearing comprises opposed cost.v bearing plates having ball recesses therein to With the above and other objects in view, receive the bearing balls 14: and the plates are 35 the invention consists in the novel features of normally maintained in tight fitting engageconstruction, the combination and arrangement with the balls by means of the coil ment of parts hereinafter more fully set spring 12. forth, pointed out in the claim andfshown in .On f the bearing blocks6 is provided inv the accompanying drawings wherein:. one endwith a cup member 11 similar to r Figure 1 is a sectional view taken through cup 11' and is adapted to receive the spring an internal combustion engine, illustrating 12 for retaining the thrust bearing. against the application of my improved valve with the adjacent valve member. Each valve memparts ofthe valve in elevation; and, her, as illustrated, is provided with a thrust Figure 2 is a transverse sectional View on hearing and with -a heavy: coil spring for,

45 the line 22 of Figure 1. retaining the thrust bearings in operative Referring more particularly to the drawpositions. .v 1 ings, it will be noted thatil have: illustrated Mounted in the bearing .block- 10 is a stub a'port-ion of an internal combustion engine of shaft 15.,upon the outer end of which is a the type illustrated inthe patent referred to pinion 16 adapted tohave operative-connecabove, which, includes'the main cylinders tion 'withthe main shaft of the enginejfor rotating the valve members 9 at the proper rate of speed. The inner end of the shaft is formed with a tongue 17 adapted to fit between spaced ears 18 on the valve member for rotating the valve upon rotative move ment of the shaft 15. Outer movement on the part of the shaft prevented by means of the annular collar 19 bearing against the inner face of the block 10.

The valve 9 which is directly connected to the shaft 15 provided at its smaller end with a tongue 1'? fitting between the two oppositely disposed ears 18' on the large end of the next valve in line so that both valve members will be rotated simultaneously, but attention is directed to the fact that the transverse openings 8 in the valve members are preferably disposed at dili'erent positions so that fuel may be fed into the cylinders at different times.

The valve blocks 6 are provided with annular recesses in which the packing rings 20 are arranged, said pacl-iing rings engage the interior surface of the sleeve 3 to prevent leakage between the cylinders and the exterior of the blocks. It will be noted that the sleeve 3 is provided with oppositely disposed openings 21 which are adapted to align with the openings 7 in the valve bl c s and also with the openings 8 in the valves where by to provide direct communication between the cylinders 1 and 2 when the openings 8 in the valves are aligned with the openings 7 and 21.

t will be anpa rent from the foregoing that I have provided a simple and inexpensive valve structure for internal combustion engines wherein the valve structure is formed of separable parts whereby the structure can be readily assembled or disassembled and the parts readily replaced when found necessary. Through the medium of the pressure springs and the thrust bearings, the valves 9 are always maintained in a seated position within the block 6 and the tension of the springs 12 and 12 will take up the slight wear between the valves and their seats. 7

The specific connection between the valve members and the driving mechanism which includes the spaced ears l8 and 18 and the tongues 17 and 17 provide for simultaneous rotation of the valve members, but at the same time permits a certain amount of longitudinal movement on the part of the valves whereby upon wearing away of the valves or their seat, the amount of wear will be readily taken up through the longitudinal movement of the valves.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be apparent that slight changes may be made in the construction when putting the invention into practice without departing from the spirit of the same or the scope of the appended claim.

In addition to the advantages previously mentioned, owing to the fact that the valve is conical, when the same is subjected to variations in temperatures, it will contract and expand. Hence, owing to the conical formation, when said contraction and expansion is taking place, the valve will adjust itself longitudinally in or out with relation to its seat, so as to insure a tight joint at all times without the possibility of binding.

Furthermore, as noted in Figure 1 of the drawing, the valve plug is provided with suitable oil ducts, as indicated in dotted lines, which will effectually lubricate the journals.

I claim- Valve construction of the class described including a sleeve, a removable cap plate at one end, spaced valve blocks within said sleeve, tapering valve members arranged within said blocks with their smaller ends extending in the same general direction, a thrust bearing in the sleeve normally bearing against each individual valve member at the rear end thereof, a cup member at the larger end of each valve member, a coil spring in each cup bearing against each thrust bearing to normally maintain the valve members in a seated position and permit longitudinal movement thereof in one direction, a bearing block closing the end of the sleeve opposite the removable cap plate, and means connecting said valve members for simultaneous rotation.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of VVisconsin.

ANTHONY CONGELLIER 

